"Underflow" is a song by Australian singer Emma Louise, released on 7 November 2015 as the lead single from Emma Louise's second studio album Supercry.

"Underflow"
Single by Emma Louise
from the album Supercry
Released7 November 2015
Length3:37
LabelLiberation Music
Songwriter(s)Emma Louise
Producer(s)Pascal Gabriel
Emma Louise singles chronology
"Two Bodies"
(2014)
"Underflow"
(2015)
"Talk Baby Talk"
(2016)
Music video
"Underflow" on YouTube

Emma Louise said "I wrote 'Underflow' about a feeling of knowing that a change is about to come. This feeling was bubbling up inside me. I knew that with the change would be both good and bad things. It’s about moving forward and accepting change. Whether it be the end of a relationship or the start of another exciting journey."[1]

The song placed second at the 2016 Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.[2]

Music video

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The music video premiered on 14 December 2015.[3] Shot by Dylan Duclos, who said "Working with Emma was great. To collaborate with an artist who has such a clear direction in terms of her aesthetic and image was really cool and proved such a smooth process."[4]

Reception

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The Music said "[it] is an atmospheric, almost-haunting composition, at once both lush and starkly minimal, with the lyrics and music having come from a demonstrably personal place".[5]

Lauren Ziegler from Indie Shuffle called the song "stunning" and "heartbreaking" saying "The instrumental layers see delicate, muffled piano trickles meeting an ambient, emotive soundscape. There's a real delicacy, a real vulnerability in Louise's breathy voice - I feel immediately, wholly enveloped by her melody and her lyrics. I'm hooked."[6]

Track listings

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Digital download[7]
  1. "Underflow" - 3:37
Digital download[8]
  1. "Underflow" (Little Dragon Remix) - 4:52
Digital download[9]
  1. "Underflow" (Yeo Remix) - 4:52

References

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  1. ^ "Track By Track: Emma Louise on Supercry". The Line of Best Fit. 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Past Winners". APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Emma Louise - Underflow (Official Music Video)". YouTube. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Watch: Emma Louise releases video for "Underflow"". Fachion Journal. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Emma Louise Signs With Liberation & Unveils New Single Details". 13 November 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Emma Louise Underflow". Indie Shuffle. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Underflow (single)". Apple Music. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Underflow Little Dagon remix (single)". Apple Music. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Underflow Yeo remix (single)". Apple Music. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2021.